prosperity of,
in the early part of Edward the First's reign;
increase of learning in;
discontented state of,
under Edward II..
Ermengarde, mother of St. Anselm.
Espriota, wife of William Longsword.
Estates, inquisition into,
by Edward I..
Etheling, account of the family of;
meaning of the term.
Ethelred the Unready, husband of Emma, daughter of
Richard the Fearless;
father of Edward the Confessor.
Eustace, Count de Mantes,
events of his visit to Edward the Confessor.
Eustace de Blois, son of Stephen;
his excesses and death.
Evesham, battle of.
Evil Toll, the, imposed by Edward I.;
opposition to, by the barons;
results in the right of self-taxation.
Exchequer, supposed derivation of.
Eystein, son of Magnus, King of Norway;
his discussion with his brother Sigurd;
his conduct as King of Norway.
Fair Rosamond, history of.
Falaise, William the Conqueror born at;
Prince Arthur in captivity there.
Falkirk, battle of.
Fescamp, Abbey of, Richard the Fearless buried there.
Fitzadhelm, William, Governor of Ireland.
Fitzosborn, William, the chief friend of William the Conqueror;
his counsel to William on Harold's usurpation;
his charge at Hastings.
--Roger, imprisoned by William the Conqueror.
Fitzpiers, Geoffrey, Grand Justiciary under King John.
Fitz-Richard, Gilbert, his noble conduct.
Fitzurse, Reginald, murderer of Becket;
his arms.
Fitzwalter, Lord, King John's outrage upon;
the Barons make him their general.
Flambard, Ralph; made Bp. of Durham by William Rufus;
his subsequent career.
Flemings, the, settlement of, in Pembrokeshire.
Folliott, Gilbert, Bp. of London,
his disappointment at Becket's promotion;
supports the king against Becket;
the pope's reproof to him;
his excommunication.
Fontevraud, the burial-place of Henry II.;
of Richard I. and Joan of Sicily;
of Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Forest laws, the grievance of, under William the Conqueror;
their severity increased by William Rufus;
mitigated by Magna Charta.
Foulques I., le Roux, Count of Anjou.
Foulques II., le Bon, Count of Anjou.
Foulques III., Ferra, Count of Anjou;
his violent crimes and penances.
Foulques IV., le Rechin, Count of Anjou;
events of his marriage with Bertrade.
Foulques V., Count of Anjou;
joins the crusade;
becomes King of Jerusalem.
Franks, the conversion of their early kings to Christianity.
France, the Northmen in;
becomes a kingdom.
Franco, Abp., intercedes with the Northmen for Rouen;
his influence over Rollo.
Frederick II., struggle between, and Pope Innocent IV.;
deposed by Council of Lyons.
Frithric, Abbot of St. Alban's, his opposition to William the Conqueror;
joins the Camp of Refuge, and dies there.
Gael, the, a Keltic tribe.
Gascony, seized by Philippe IV.
Gastinois, countess de, accused of murdering her husband;
vindicated by Ingelger.
Gattorm, brother of St. Olaf, story of his childhood.
Gaveston, Piers, account of;
Edward of Caernarvon's attachment to;
banished by Edward I.;
returns on the accession of Edward II.;
his vanity and advancement;
his affronts to the nobles;
they demand his dismissal;
the king obliged to banish him;
his recall;
union of nobles against him;
his surrender;
his mock trial and death.
Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, his war and personal combat with Duke William.
Geoffrey, Grisegonelle, Count of Anjou;
legend of his name.
Geoffrey Martel, Count of Anjou.
Geoffrey, son of Foulques V., Count of Anjou.
Geoffrey of Anjou, his appearance and character;
married to Empress Maude;
origin of his surname Plantagenet;
